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PAGE 22 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE August 22, 1986
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babies, it had not actively run an
adoption program. In early 1985, a
group of prospective adoptive par
ents petitioned the Atlanta Jewish
Federation for help, and JFS was
requested to study the feasibility of
re-establishing its adoption pro
gram. Susan Schwartz, who chaired
the JFS Youth Committee, met
with with professional and lay
leadership. Physicians and lawyers
were contacted to see if they would
be willing to refer pregnant women
to the agency for placement of
their babies. As a result of this sur
vey, even before the program for
mally commenced, a baby was placed
by the agency with a couple in
Atlanta!
The intensive study showed a
real need for the program, and
with a grant provided by Federa
tion, a pilot adoption program has
begun. JFS professional staffers
carefully interview and screen pro
spective parents. Adoption social
worker Saralee Kane and lay lead
ers meet with physicians and lawy
ers to let them know about the
program and to encourage their
support.
Doctors, in particular, have been
receptive to the idea of having the
agency (which is a state licensed
adoption agency) do the place
ments—rather than to match up
adoptive parents with pregnant
mothers themselves—since the risk
of professional liability to the phy
sician is reduced. Three Atlanta
physicians, Gary Bodner, Jonathan
Winner and Leonard Sacks, have
been particularly generous in pro
viding professional assistance to
the agency and its clients and have
donated their services in the recent
medical complications.
JFS provides counseling for the
natural mother and the prospec
tive adopting parents, and conducts
the home study required under
Georgia law. Allan Tanenbaum,
an attorney and J FS board member,
handles the legal adoption proceed
ings if the prospective parents desire
him to do so, and he contributes
his fees to the agency. Susan
Schwartz recently told the JFS
board, “Without Allan’s expertise,
we could have never begun the
program.”
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The first case JFS was asked to
take was fraught with risk. A young
Jewish unwed mother from another
state came to the agency to find a
good home for her unborn child.
She admitted she had been taking
certain medications since she was a
child, and the agency’s consulting
physicians told JFS that it had
recently been discovered that one
of the medicines she had been tak
ing sometimes leads to birth de
fects.
The JFS board was afraid that it
might be obligating itself to a huge
financial commitment if the baby
was born with severe abnormali
ties. Nevertheless, the board voted
to accept the case, since it felt that
it had an obligation to assist a Jew
ish mother and baby in need. Sev
eral adoption committee members
were at the hospital when the baby
was being delivered, pacing the
floors of the waiting room along
with other expectant fathers. One
commented, “I sweated out that
delivery as much as I did the birth
of my own kids, and you can’t
imagine how excited I was to be
able to call Leonard Cohen (JFS
executive director) and Rona
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rector) to tell them ‘It’s a boy, and
he’s OK!”’
The JFS Adoption Fund was
begun by a prominent Atlanta
woman who herself had been a-
dopted through JFS nearly 50 years
ago. Her generous contribution
and her family’s fundraising efforts
have enabled JFS to keep up the
momentum of the adoption pro
gram. Adoptive parents are required
to pay for the services on a sliding
scale, depending on their financial
ability to pay, “but it is the Atlanta
Jewish Federation’s and private
donor’s contributions that make
the program possible,” according
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ligion.
Stepping off the plane Monday,
Little Sun, bare-chested and wear
ing his Indian headdress of feath
ers, greeted the airport crowd with
“shalom.” He reportedly has not
yet decided whether to serve as
secular and religious chief of his
tribe on the Washington State res
ervation when he turns 18 or to
study to become a rabbi.
President Chaim Herzog received
Little Sun at the president’s official
residence Tuesday, as befitting a
3/4 cup margarine
2 cups sugar
4 egg whites
3 and 1/2 cups flour
3 tsps. baking powder
1/3 cup cocoa
1 and 1/3 cups water
1 tsp. almond extract
1/2 tsp. baking soda
Cream margarine. Add sugar
gradually. Add egg whites one at a
time, beating well after adding each
Brandy or Rum Balls
11/4 cups cake crumbs
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup ground walnuts
1 /4 cup brandy or rum coconut
Mix dry ingredients together.
Add brandy or rum. Mix well. Add
a bit of water if necessary. Moisten
hands and make small balls. Roll
in coconut. Place in a closed tin
container. Serve the next day. These
cookies keep well for a week or
more. Can be refrigerated.
to Dale Schwartz, JFS president.
“Federation perceived the need and
the possibility of the success of the
program, then requested that JFS
make a major effort to guarantee
its success. We were glad to be able
to respond.”
So far, the agency has placed
three babies, and is awaiting the
delivery of several more babies.
The agency can be contacted at
(404) 873-2277 for information
about the adoption program or to
make contributions.
For David and Shirley Gold
smith, who are busy organizing a
bris, JFS has delivered.
tribal chief. For the visit, the young
chief removed his Indian garb and
wore a skullcap. He and Herzog
chatted for some time, discussing
Indian tribal customs.
Herzog gave Little Sun a copy of
his book on the history of the
Israel-Arab wars, noting that “you
should know something of the Jew
ish wars, as well as the Indian Wars.”
The young chief later told repor
ters he felt both Jewish and Indian
but “at the moment I feel the Jew
ish wave is swamping the Indian
wave inside me.”
one. Mix flour and baking powder
and add alternately with water.
Divide dough into two parts. In
one part add cocoa which has been
mixed with baking soda.
Grease two 8x8 square pans.
Place 1/2 of white batter in each,
then 1/2 of chocolate mixture on
top of white in each pan. Swirl a bit
with a knife. Bake at 350 degrees
for 1/2 hour or until cake tests
done. Do not overbake or cake will
be dry. Freezes well.
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13-oz. can of tuna, drained
1 large carrot, grated
1 medium zucchini, grated
1 small onion, grated
2 medium potatoes, grated
3 eggs
matzo meal
pepper
oil
Mix tuna, vegetables, eggs,
pepper and enough matzo meal to
hold mixture together. Form into
small patties. Fry in hot oil on both
sides. Serves six.
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August 27th
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